Whose footprints are those? After reading Janet Halfmann's book, Little Skink's Tail, young scholars use footprints to determine where on a gridded map certain animals have been spotted. They use the map to answer 3 questions, one...

Students complete a variety of activities as they explore/review the letter 'o' as it makes the short /o/ sound. They recite short /o/ tongue twisters, practice writing the letter 'o', and listen to stories, identifying words with the...

What's similar about congruent and similar polygons? Young mathematicians first measure the side lengths and angles of given figures. They use these measurements to determine relationships between side lengths and angles of congruent and...

Third graders explore WWII by analyzing technological advances. In this invention lesson, 3rd graders discuss the use of the Enigma machine which decoded private German messages that communicated with U-boats. Students utilize a timeline...

In this letter matching worksheet, students match small pictures of apples with a letter in them to larger pictures that contain the same letter. They work with the letters g, h, i, j, k, and l.

In this phonics worksheet, students analyze 6 pictures and say the names out loud. Students circle the beginning letters, then solve a code with the answers.

In this phonics worksheet, students examine 6 pictures and say the word names. Students circle the correct beginning letter. The circled letters will then reveal a secret code word.

Students review personification and alliteration. In this literary devices lesson plan, students use personification and alliteration in a sentence. Students draw a picture reflecting personification.

In this sounds worksheet, students circle the pictures that begin with the given letters. Letters include h, v, x, j, y, and g.

In this following directions worksheet, 1st graders will either read or listen to five month of June related directions to complete a picture of a boy at the beach.

Students recognize the phoneme /g/. Through listening and matching activities, students discriminate the phoneme /g/ from other letters and phonemes. They associate the phoneme /g/ with its letter representation and identify the phoneme...

Students practice blending letters and vowel sounds so that they run together smoothly, view clown poster, blend letters on balloons to form words with different letters, and read aloud story, A Cat Nap, to practice pronunciation.

Students brainstorm words about giving/kindness that begin with each letter of the alphabet. In this alphabet giving lesson plan, students bend into the shape of the letters and act out their giving words. Suggested words are included in...

Pupils engage in a emergent literacy lesson with the intention of improving reading comprehension. The goals of the lesson include recognizing both upper and lower case S, to create an awareness of the mouth movement and the phoneme...

Learners use the r controlled o sound to sound out words and identify items and people in a picture. In this r controlled o lesson plan, students use the internet to complete their activity.

In this short a and short o instructional activity, students match pictures to words that have the short a and short o in them. Students complete 15 matches total.

In these alphabet order worksheets, students cut out the pictures of the various pieces of clothes printed with the uppercase letters of the alphabet. Students then tape the clothes on a line to demonstrate their understanding of...

Students copy and figure out the Mystery Codeword each day. They copy Mystery Code into journal. They match the number with the letter to decipher the code word. They draw a picture to match code word. At the end of the week, the...

Students participate in a read aloud of the poem, "My Body" then perform several different movement activities such as a finger play, a letter dance, and a body puzzle. They then create a drawing of their body using a prepared outline.

In this matching words and pictures instructional activity, students enter the number for the word that matches each picture, checks the answers and goes to the next letter (from A to Z).

In this alphabet worksheet, students find the alphabet within a pictures, crossing letters out as they go. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

Students complete a unit using the story of the Little Red Hen to learn the storybook reading format as well as improve their reading and social skills. In this storybook lesson, students complete five lessons using the story of the...

Pupils complete a variety of activities as they examine the letter 'a' as it makes the short /a/ sound. Through instruction and modeling, they explore the sound the letter makes and how the letter is written. They recite tongue twisters...

Give a kindergarten resource sheet to the parents in your classroom to help them track their kids' progress. Activities that kindergartners should master include identifying letters of the alphabet, numbers, colors, shapes, and parts of...